Arrggh! To much cheer!!

[NormC]

We were there from the 1st to the 8th and we saw many cheer groups. Overall I thought most were well behaved. There were a couple of spontaneous cheering sessions but they did not stop traffic to do it. They kept on marching along.

 

[Pixie VaVoom]

We unfortunately experienced a few groups being very disrespectful to other guests while at Hollywood Studios last week. There were people just walking down the "street" and the groups came RUNNING from behind them, pretty much engulfing them, then stopped and began clapping and chanting. Then the leader blew a whistle and they all went running up about 50 feet, stopped, etc. while the next group moved in. There were 4 groups in all. We were walking on the sidewalk so just witnessed it. The people they were surrounding were caught off guard and a looked a bit freaked out.

Jeepers...sounds like "guerilla CHEER SQUAD" !!! - they are "BE...BE-ing a little TOO AGGRESSIVE" !!

 

[Pixie VaVoom]

Wah! I'm going to be there for the Nationals! And we're staying at Pop!

My advice - bring your ear plugs, and VALIUM !!!

 

[Susan Savia]

Yep there here, hundreds of 'em. But, they are relatively well behaved we thought compared to the many Brazillion groups we have encountered!

 

[The Mighty Tim]

So cheerleading really is such a big thing that it spawns competitions and whatnot? I thought the overblown spectacle and the competitiveness were just an invention of US high school based movies and TV shows.

 

[PigletIsMyCat]

So cheerleading really is such a big thing that it spawns competitions and whatnot? I thought the overblown spectacle and the competitiveness were just an invention of US high school based movies and TV shows.

nope, competitive cheering is alive and well across the country. my younger half-sisters are competitive cheerleaders at the high school level. competitions on long island are big, loud, and full of positivity. enough to make you want to vomit. i was never a cheerleader.

 

[OnyxNine]

Unless those groups, as well the legendary brazilian groups do something news worthy, disney will ignore them. Seems they bring good money to the parks.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Ahh but you also must remember it's not just Cheerleaders..

 

[OnyxNine]

Ahh but you also must remember it's not just Cheerleaders..

LOL

 

[RandomPrincess]

So cheerleading really is such a big thing that it spawns competitions and whatnot? I thought the overblown spectacle and the competitiveness were just an invention of US high school based movies and TV shows.

There are many cheer squads that are not attached to schools or teams. They are competition based solely. There are 3 Cheer schools (like dance schools but for cheerleaders) in my area. They train for competitions only. We also have the normal school cheerleaders they do games and compete and many dance schools in our area also have competition cheer squads as well.

 

[draybook]

So cheerleading really is such a big thing that it spawns competitions and whatnot? I thought the overblown spectacle and the competitiveness were just an invention of US high school based movies and TV shows.

You guys have to remember that there's also a difference between High School cheer teams and "competitive" teams. High school teams are mostly up on hands and "rah rah rah" while holding the team signs. Competitive cheer squads do the tumbling and major stunts.

 

[Britt]

So cheerleading really is such a big thing that it spawns competitions and whatnot? I thought the overblown spectacle and the competitiveness were just an invention of US high school based movies and TV shows.

Nope, it's a real thing....lol

 

[EvilQueen-T]

February and March are the two big cheer months.

Also the last weekend of April is allstar cheerleading and dance worlds (but these kids are generally only there for 3-4 days max and the majority of the cheerleaders tend to stay at wws to watch the other competitors) and pop warner is there the beginning of December. Pop warner is there a little longer so you see them more often in the parks. Their cheerleaders only compete over a single weekend but are also there to do sideline cheerleading as the football teams also compete at that time so they have more time to kill in the parks.

 

[EOD K9]

But Sharon used to go with Mark who is Jakes BFF but now Mark is going with Lisa and Lisa is a .

I knew it!!!

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

So cheerleading really is such a big thing that it spawns competitions and whatnot? I thought the overblown spectacle and the competitiveness were just an invention of US high school based movies and TV shows.

Yes its a recognised sport, in much the same way baseball is.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

It's Bring It On for Reals.........Yo? Lol

 

[draybook]

I realize that folks are having fun but just know that cheerleading is a tough sport and these girls put in a LOT of hard work and time to get where they're at.

 

[FireChiefGoofy]

And we wonder why the US ranks so bad in education. NOBODY SEEMS TO BE IN SCHOOL. A week for cheer, a week for "twirling", a week for this sport or that sport. Why don't we have a week on "How to Make Change of a $5" or a week of "Life Skills 101: Stop Texting & Have A Conversation"

 

[draybook]

The competitions for UCA are two or three days, which includes the weekend. Not sure how that translates into bad education. I would place that blame more on low teacher salaries and the No Child Left Behind program.

 

[JenniferS]

So cheerleading really is such a big thing that it spawns competitions and whatnot? I thought the overblown spectacle and the competitiveness were just an invention of US high school based movies and TV shows.

Not so much north of the border, thankfully.